COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONBottle: Filtered.
Available unfiltered from the cask at GBBF 2008
Dry hopped with Cascade hops to give a wonderful hop aroma but not the overpowering hop taste. Long Hammer IPA is the beer you find yourself reaching for again and again, no matter what the occasion.
Long Hammer pairs nicely with grilled meats, seafood, Mexican, Indian, Thai or other spicy ethnic foods.
Available year round.

(Bottle) A weak IPA. Hoppy, very cold tasting. Not terribly bitter. Thin. Absolutely no aftertaste, which is odd for any sort of beer. Strange, but I can see why people would like this one. It’s interesting how different this one is from Redhook’s "normal" IPA...it hardly resembles it at all, and I’ve got to give them credit for making two very distinct IPA’s.

UPDATED: SEP 15, 2007 Aroma is solid cascade hops with background sweet malt balance. Appearance is lightly hazy gold with a good white head. Flavor is earthy, slightly grassy hops forward with low malt balance and very low sweetness. Mouthfeel is medium/low bodied with low carb feel and no warmth or creaminess. Overall, pretty easy drinking and a classic style example.Earlier Rating: 9/4/2007 Total Score: 3.79/3/07 Special blueline release on draught at the Woodinville brewery; this example is additionally dry hopped and unfiltered. Aroma is Pacific Northwest earthy/grassy hops forward (seems to be primarily Cascade, but could not confirm), with a very low background malt character. It wasn’t really out of balance, but the hop character is very floral, more so than in a Longhammer. Appearance is a very hazy gold with a very low white head. Flavor is nearly identical to Longhammer, but definitely has a smoother blend of hops, with more moderate bittering and much more flora and citrus notes. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a medium carb bite and a fairly dry finish. Overall, very good, and even though the scores I rated were nearly identical, I think this is definitely superior to the Longhammer. If you’re more into the overall hop complexity in an IPA than just the IBU count (like I am), this is worth a stop by the brewery or any alehouse that can get their hands on it.

So I was at the fair and my wife said I could have a beer even though it was only 11:00 AM. Happy to oblige I wandered over to the beer stand. Three choices were presented: Bud, Bud Light and Long Hammer IPA. Went with the unknown and was pleasantly surprised. Despite their relationship with A-B, Redhook does turn out some decnt beer, Nice fresh piney nose and a good, bitter taste. 6.5%? Well hidden.

Bottled 06 19 07. Orange gold with a small cap that tries to lasts. Aroma of pine resin and slight grapefruit fades in proportion to the head diminishing. Flavor is citrus, pine, and spicy honey malt. Also some iodophore seems to be in there, and I switched glasses several times to make sure it was not from my chugging pint glass. Seems like some European style hops and/or yeast put a bit of a muddling damper on what could be a pretty flavorful IPA. Palate is almost medium and fairly smooth, with a drying finish. Nothing really outstanding, but not bad.

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